The Julia La Roche Show | 'Never Enough' — From Barista To Billionaire | Andrew Wilkinson @TheJuliaLaRocheShow | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Entrepreneur-turned-investor Andrew Wilkinson, founder and chairman of Tiny, a Victoria, Canada holding company that invests mostly in tech, joined Julia La Roche on episode 180 to discuss his new book, “Never Enough: From Barista To Billionaire.
Once a barista in a small cafe making $6.50 an hour, Andrew Wilkinson built a business valued at over a billion dollars by the time he was 36—and yet, his path to success was anything but a straight line.
In Never Enough, Wilkinson pulls back the curtain on the lives of the ultra-rich, sharing insights into building a successful business that has been called a “Berkshire Hathaway, but for internet companies,” and a surprising first-person account of what it's actually like to become a billionaire.
Never Enough features both the lessons Wilkinson has learned as well as the many mistakes made on the road to wealth—some of which cost him money, happiness, and important relationships.
Taking a "no secrets" approach to stories the wealthy rarely reveal, Wilkinson is unwaveringly honest about some of the unexpected downsides of money: its toxic effect on personal relationships, how the lifestyles of the rich and famous aren't all they're cracked up to be, and how competition with peers leaves everyone—even billionaires—feeling like they never have enough.
In this rare and deeply honest account, Wilkinson examines his journey to nine zeros, what came after that pinnacled number, and the essential things money can't buy.
Links:
Book: amazon.com/Never-Enough-Billionaire-Andrew-Wilkinson/dp/1637744765
Twitter/X: https://x.com/awilkinson
0:00 Intro and welcome Andrew Wilkinson
1:48 Macro view
6:23 AI
10:00 Never Enough book
11:35 A from of self therapy
13:00 If you swim with the sharks, you’ll become one
14:00 Getting into business
19:20 First exit — being left with a feeling of wanting more
23:00 Building a Tiny ‘Berkshire Hathaway’
26:46 Framework for finding a CEO
29:19 A $57,700 lunch with Bill Ackman
33:40 Bill Ackman’s advice
36:20 Charlie Munger
39:58 Negotiating the merger — conversations with the ultra-wealthy
43:53 A phone call with Bill Ackman?
45:58 An hour-long conversation with Warren Buffett, signing The Giving Pledge
47:55 Becoming the Anti-Billionaire
49:40 What is enough?
50:56 Writing a first book
54:59 Parting thoughts
#billionaire #warrenbuffett #investing
Entrepreneur-turned-investor Andrew Wilkinson, founder and chairman of Tiny, a Victoria, Canada holding company that invests mostly in tech, joined Julia La Roche on episode 180 to discuss his new book, “Never Enough: From Barista To Billionaire.
Once a barista in a small cafe making $6.50 an hour, Andrew Wilkinson built a business valued at over a billion dollars by the time he was 36—and yet, his path to success was anything but a straight line.
In Never Enough, Wilkinson pulls back the curtain on the lives of the ultra-rich, sharing insights into building a successful business that has been called a “Berkshire Hathaway, but for internet companies,” and a surprising first-person account of what it's actually like to become a billionaire.
Never Enough features both the lessons Wilkinson has learned as well as the many mistakes made on the road to wealth—some of which cost him money, happiness, and important relationships.
Taking a "no secrets" approach to stories the wealthy rarely reveal, Wilkinson is unwaveringly honest about some of the unexpected downsides of money: its toxic effect on personal relationships, how the lifestyles of the rich and famous aren't all they're cracked up to be, and how competition with peers leaves everyone—even billionaires—feeling like they never have enough.
In this rare and deeply honest account, Wilkinson examines his journey to nine zeros, what came after that pinnacled number, and the essential things money can't buy.
Links:
Book: amazon.com/Never-Enough-Billionaire-Andrew-Wilkinson/dp/1637744765
Twitter/X: https://x.com/awilkinson
0:00 Intro and welcome Andrew Wilkinson
1:48 Macro view
6:23 AI
10:00 Never Enough book
11:35 A from of self therapy
13:00 If you swim with the sharks, you’ll become one
14:00 Getting into business
19:20 First exit — being left with a feeling of wanting more
23:00 Building a Tiny ‘Berkshire Hathaway’
26:46 Framework for finding a CEO
29:19 A $57,700 lunch with Bill Ackman
33:40 Bill Ackman’s advice
36:20 Charlie Munger
39:58 Negotiating the merger — conversations with the ultra-wealthy
43:53 A phone call with Bill Ackman?
45:58 An hour-long conversation with Warren Buffett, signing The Giving Pledge
47:55 Becoming the Anti-Billionaire
49:40 What is enough?
50:56 Writing a first book
54:59 Parting thoughts
#billionaire #warrenbuffett #investing
